[tor-bugs] #4483 [Tor]: If k of n authorities are down, k/n bootstrapping clients are delayed for minutes

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#4483: If k of n authorities are down, k/n bootstrapping clients are delayed for
minutes
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 Reporter:  arma                                 |          Owner:  teor
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:
 Priority:  High                                 |  reopened
Component:  Tor                                  |      Milestone:  Tor:
 Severity:  Normal                               |  0.2.8.x-final
 Keywords:  performance, bootstrap, dirauth-     |        Version:
  dos-resistance, tor-client, large-feature,     |     Resolution:
  prop210, 028-triage, TorCoreTeam201512,        |  Actual Points:
  MikePerry201512R                               |         Points:
Parent ID:  #2664                                |  medium/large
  Sponsor:  SponsorU                             |
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Comment (by cypherpunks):

 Replying to [comment:51 teor]:
 > Can you let me know which platform(s) are failing this test?
 I can't replicate it either locally. I just saw Jenkins having a bunch of
 red dots for Debian Jessie and FreeBSD so i reopened to get it fixed.
 > I suspect this might be because that line depends on the result of
 router_pick_published_address().
 I'm also suspecting this.
 > One way to fix this is to set DirPort_set in the previous line, instead
 of ORPort_set.
 IMO if the expectation is that OR servers should fetch from authorities we
 should really test this instead of changing the test just so it succeeds.
 We should investigate further so we find the root cause of the problem and
 fix that instead.

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